Table 2.

Relationship between cytoplasmic Kaiso expression and clinical/histological features in 294 patients with NSCLCs

Variables	All patients	Cytoplasmic Kaiso expression		p*
		Negative	Positive
Total	294	107	187
Age(y)
≤ 55	125	51	74	0.177
>55	169	56	113
Gender
Male	165	59	106	0.797
Female	129	48	81
Stage
I/II	152	65	87	0.019
III/IV	142	42	100
Histology
Squamous cell Carcinoma	133	41	92	0.343
Adenocarcinoma	146	60	86
Large cell Carcinoma	12	5	7
Adenosquamous Carcinoma	3	1	2
Grade
Well	78	33	45	0.296
Moderate	100	36	64
Poor	116	38	78
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	163	47	116	0.003
No	131	60	71

*p values were obtained with the X² test (two-sided).

**Well, moderate, versus poor.